Numbers 26:13:1Num.26.13.W1TAB
לְזֶ֥רַח
lezerakh
“of Zerah”
- Transliteration
- le-ZE-rakh
- Extended
- leh-ZE-rahkh
- IPA
- /ləˈzɛraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Zerah
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ZE-rakh
- phraseyour reading level
le-ZE-rakh mish-pa-KHAT
- sentence
le-ZE-rakh mish-pa-KHAT ha-zar-KHI le-sha-UL mish-pa-KHAT ha-sha-u-LI
Exegesis
The verse consists of two parallel prepositional phrases without an explicit conjunction, each introduced by lezerakh {לְזֶ֕רַח | lə-zé-rāḥ} ‘to Zerah’ and lə-šāʾûl {לְשָׁא֕וּל | lə-šāʾûl} ‘to Shaul’.
Root and etymology
RootZayin-Resh-Chet
“to rise, shine, spring forth”
In context — Numbers 26:13
The Zerahite clan from Zerah; the Shaulite clan from Shaul.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 26:13, so the Hebrew word לְזֶ֥רַח (lezerakh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.26.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.13.W1.S1) and character.